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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSJane Eyre is the story of a young orphan who grows up enduring cruelty and hardship before finding her own voice and place in the world. Raised by a resentful aunt at Gateshead, Jane is sent away to Lowood, a bleak charity school where she learns resilience alongside a steadfast friend named Helen Burns. After years of study and then teaching, Jane strikes out on her own as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a grand and mysterious house on the Yorkshire moors. Her employer, the sharp-tongued and unconventional Edward Rochester, draws her into a world of secrets she cannot yet see, and the two form a bond unlike anything Jane has known before.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Jane Eyre
SPOILERSEvery one of these has the same answer, and that is the point. In a real battle the question is read aloud with a dozen other books in play, and students have a few seconds to place it. Here is what a battle might ask about Jane Eyre. Use them as a quiz, a trivia round, or BOTB practice.
Where in the book they come from
- Early in the book
In what book is a new pupil made to stand on a stool while a clergyman calls her a liar?
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Mr. Brocklehurst makes good on Mrs. Reed's slander by mounting the heroine on a stool before the whole school and denouncing her as a deceitful child. Her friend Helen Burns walks past and gives her a smile that lifts her up like an angel's blessing.
- First half
In what book does a plain governess answer "No, sir" when asked if she thinks her employer handsome?
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Mr. Rochester abruptly asks the heroine whether she thinks him handsome, and the answer no slips out before she can soften it. Her honest reply both startles and delights him, marking the first of many bracing exchanges between them.
- First half
In what book does a wounded guest whisper, "She sucked the blood: she said she'd drain my heart"?
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Mr. Mason, attacked in the night by the mysterious occupant of the third storey, gasps out these chilling words as the surgeon dresses his wounds. The bite marks on his shoulder reveal that the attacker is not just dangerous but seemingly feral.
- Second half
In what book is a governess pressed to choose amethyst silk, which she trades for sober black satin?
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
At the silk warehouse in Millcote, Rochester wants to dress Jane in a brilliant amethyst and pink satin, but she insists on more modest pearl-grey and black. She refuses to be made into an ornament for him.
- Second half
In what book is a heroine set down at a stone signpost called Whitcross with her parcel left behind?
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
After the coachman sets her down where four roads meet, the young woman realizes she has left her small bundle in the carriage. She is left penniless on the open moor with nothing but the clothes she wears.
- Near the end
In what book does a stern young clergyman demand that his cousin marry him and sail with him to India?
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
St. John insists his cousin marry him so she can serve as his coadjutor in India. He claims she is formed for labour and not for love, demanding her hand without offering his heart.
